H2U Vol 7 Issue 3 Jan 2008.pub - Highcliffe School

seeing how to build on the
work that is already flourishing
in this curriculum
area.
There is also a new initiative
to incorporate an enterprise
element to the existing
Highcliffe Challenge
so students can be rewarded
for enterprising activities.
At Key Stage 3 there are 5
main enterprise themes:
communication, personal
finance, teamwork and
leadership, the economy,
and enterprise activity.
These are delivered
through whole school
events, activities week,
PHSE and various curriculum
projects.
There is provision for the
statutory 5 days worth of
enterprise activity in the
curriculum at Key Stage 4.
These allow students to
experience risk-taking,
coping with change, taking
responsibility for their own
actions and developing a
determination to succeed.
At Highcliffe we already
believe in a holistic approach
to Enterprise Education
with each curriculum
area having a role to
play in developing and delivering
enterprise capability.
There are also extracurricular
enterprise opportunities
where students
are able to make valuable
contributions to school life
in different teams, concerts,
competitions and
school productions.
Social enterprise has been
a strong theme in Highcliffe
for many years
through participation in the
whole school walk, the an-
nual Rotary shoebox appeal
and other charity
work where students
generally take the lead in
fund raising and deciding
on the beneficiaries.
The articles that follow
are a celebration of the
enterprise education in
Highcliffe that is going
from strength to
strength.
Enterprise Week at
Highcliffe School
Enterprise Week is a government-backed
initiative
to prepare the next generation
with entrepreneurial
skills to keep Britain
on the cutting edge in
global business.
The campaign is all about
encouraging young people
to have a ‘can-do’ attitude
and the drive and
confidence to make an
idea happen.
It provides a focus for
enterprise activities in
schools and the workplace
and for the second
year running, Highcliffe
School was able to make
a significant contribution
to the events listed on
the Enterprise Week register.
Many of the initiatives
were based on Social Enterprise,
where enterprising
ideas are used to
raise money to help others.
The Shoebox appeal
was already underway,
the Trading Game had
taken place the previous
week, there was the
Make Your Mark Challenge,
whole school PHSE
session on the Enterprise
theme.
In the Sixth Form there
was a well attended careers
morning, and the
hugely successful Children
in Need show. A show that
was organised and produced
by some 6 th form
students. We really did
‘Make Our Mark’ - again.
Make Your Mark National
Enterprise Challenge.
On Monday 12 th November,
a team of 6 students from
each tutor group in Year 9
were invited to work offtimetable
to participate in
a national enterprise
event. The Make Your Mark
Challenge is a one-day enterprise
competition that
runs simultaneously in
schools, colleges, universities
and the work place. It
serves as a focus for young
people to use their creative
and problem-solving skills
to answer a specific challenge.
This year it was
‘make it pay in a globolocal
way’. The aim was to come
up with an original product
or service that might make
money for the individual or
a particular or environmental
cause. The challenge
focused on the enterprise,
innovation and
creativity of the teams who
had only 4 hours to complete
the challenge. The
hardest part for each team
was agreeing on the initial
idea. They then had 4 different
‘action stages’ to
fulfil:
1) To describe their ideas
on a single sheet.
2) To produce a moneymatters
document outlining
cash-flow and any projected
profit.
3) To outline competitors.
4) To prepare a presentation
to pitch and sell their
idea.
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